Course: International Summer School on Applications with the Newest Multi-spectral Environmental Satellites (2018)

Weekly outline

General
- Welcome to the International School on Applications with the Newest Multi-spectral Environmental Satellites!
  
  The course will provide an in depth explanation of methods and techniques used to extract information from environmental satellite data, with emphasis on the latest measuring technologies. The course will consist of lectures, laboratory sessions, group lab projects and tests. English is the official language of the School. All provided material will be in English.
- First steps
  
  » Check the invitation letter (2.9 MB)
  » Check the prerequisites and objectives for this course.
  » Introduce yourself in the dedicated Forum. Do you know already other participants? They would like to know you better. Do not forget to add your photo to the profile. Follow the instructions to update your profile.
  » Check the pre-course reading material. It might be useful to get a feeling what the course will be about.
  » Have a look at the Practical Information. Are you sure you know how to find us? You can find in the Practical Info section maps, addresses and other useful indications. If you have any doubts, please add a question to the forum or drop us an email.
- Questions & Answers Forum
- Scientific Forum
- News forum
- Cloud pictures & timelapses Folder
- 2018 Summer School Agenda File
Pre-course reading material and Software tools
- In this section you can find all the pre-reading materials. It is suggested to familiarise with this content before the course starts.
- Textbook on Applications with Meteorological Satellites (Paul Menzel, 24 MB) File
- Inspecting multi-spectral and hyper-spectral data using HYDRA (Paul Menzel, 5 MB) File
- Best Practice Document (EUMETSAT Convection Working Group) File
  A document describing the best practices in the diagnosing and monitoring of convective storms using satellite remote sensing, with an emphasis on the use of geostationary satellites, specifically Meteosat Second Generation
- Basics of Visible and Infrared Remote Sensing (ASMET-1 training module) URL
  This lesson is an online version of the first ASMET (African Satellite Meteorology Education and Training) lesson published on CD-ROM in 1997.
- EUMETSAT Online Training Library URL
  Freely available training materials for anyone wishing to understand how to use and interpret satellite data.
- COMET Online Training Library (requires registration) URL
  The MetEd website provides free access to hundreds of hours of material available to the public.
- EUMeTrain Online Training Library URL
  EUMeTrain is an international project dedicated to the development of training material and training methods for satellite meteorology.
- Mulitspectral Satellite Applications: RGB Products Explained URL
  Please review Chapter II -- "Creating RGBs: A More In-Depth Look".
  In case you don't have a user account in the METed website, you will have to create one in order to access this resource. Note that the Quiz and Survey links on the left are NOT course activities but part of this COMET resource.
- Operational Use of RGBs - Part 1 URL
  EUMeTrain training module on the use of RGB products (Part 1).
- Operational Use of RGBs - Part 2 URL
  EUMeTrain training module on the use of RGB products (Part 2).
- EUMeTrain Basic Satellite Meteorology Course 2014 URL
  The Basic Satellite Meteorology Course was held from 6 May to 10 June 2014 and focused on satellite systems, sensors and instruments, on the information content of spectral channels and last but not least on the high variety of meteorological products. This course was aiming at students and professionals in meteorology who want to keep up to date on the present status and recent developments in the field of satellite meteorology. Good Internet is required to play the webcasts!
- Convective Storms URL
  This module is about basic satellite observations of deep convective storms. Author: Martin Setvak (CHMI)
- MSG Interpretation Guide Page
- EUMETSAT Image Library Page
- CIMSS Satellite Blog Page
- NASA Earth Observatory URL
- Software tools
- McIDAS-V version 1.7 Page
- McIDAS-V version 1.4 Users' Guide (PDF, 17 MB) File
- HP's McIDAS-V tutorial, Nov 2012 (0.2MB) File
Lectures & Labs
- Data Centres (for ordering data) Folder
- Lab Descriptions Folder
Quizzes
- This section consists of the the opening/final quizzes, which test your pre-course knowledge and your progress.
- Pre-course Quiz
- Pre-course Quiz
- Final Quiz
- Final Quiz
Post-course activities
- Post Course Discussion Forum
- Files Exchange Glossary
- Guidelines for case studies (EUMETSAT Image Library) File
  Please, read the guidelines if you want to submit a case to the EUMETSAT Image Library.
General Information
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